Gentiana sino-ornata

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|genus = Gentiana

|species = sino-ornata

|authority = Balf.f.{{cite web|title=Gentiana sino-ornata|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl|work=GRIN Taxonomy for plants|publisher=USDA Agricultural Research Service|access-date=27 July 2013}}

|synonyms=Gentianodes sino-ornata (Balf.f.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

|synonyms_ref={{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:368930-1|title= Gentiana sino-ornata Balf.f.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

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Gentiana sino-ornata, the showy Chinese gentian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae, native to western China and Tibet. It is a low-growing semi-evergreen perennial growing to {{convert|5|-|7|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall, with multiple prostrate stems {{convert|15|-|30|cm|0|abbr=on}} long, bearing single trumpet-shaped flowers of a pure blue with a white- and green-striped throat, in autumn.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}

In cultivation it is hardy down to {{convert|-10 |C|F|abbr=on}}, but requires a well-drained soil with an acid or neutral pH. It is suitable for growing in a rock or alpine garden. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web|title=Gentiana sino-ornata AGM|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/7830/Gentiana-sino-ornata/Details |work=RHS Plant Finder|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society|access-date=11 July 2020}}{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 42 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 27 February 2018}}